France · Pas-de-Calais
Escalles Centre Plage water quality
Is it clean? Generally yes, with a caveat
Escalles Centre Plage's official 2025 rating is Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment. It's the minimum passing grade, so it's worth checking for posted local advisories before swimming.
11-year classification history
Official EEA classification, one rating per bathing season, 2015–2025 — real data reported by national authorities.
- 2015: Poor2015
- 2016: Poor2016
- 2017: Poor2017
- 2018: Sufficient2018
- 2019: Sufficient2019
- 2020: Good2020
- 2021: Sufficient2021
- 2022: Sufficient2022
- 2023: Sufficient2023
- 2024: Poor2024
- 2025: Sufficient2025
Sufficient in the most recent season, and 1 of 11 classified years rated Excellent or Good.
- Excellent
- Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Not classified
View as table
| Year | Classification |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Poor |
| 2016 | Poor |
| 2017 | Poor |
| 2018 | Sufficient |
| 2019 | Sufficient |
| 2020 | Good |
| 2021 | Sufficient |
| 2022 | Sufficient |
| 2023 | Sufficient |
| 2024 | Poor |
| 2025 | Sufficient |
- 2015Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2016Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2017Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2018Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2019Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2020Good — meets the EU bathing-water standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2021Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2022Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2023Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2024Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2025Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
2026 in-season sample timeline
No individual in-season sample feed has been published for Escalles Centre Plage yet. The official 2025 classification above, from the annual EU Bathing Water report, is the most current rating available for this beach.
How measurement works
Under the EU Bathing Water Directive, national authorities take water samples through the bathing season and test them for two indicator bacteria: intestinal enterococci and E. coli. Higher counts of either indicate a greater risk of contamination from sewage or agricultural runoff.
At the end of each season, the full set of results is reported to the European Environment Agency, which assigns one of four classifications — Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor — based on the statistical spread of the last four seasons' samples, not a single reading. That's why the rating published in spring 2026 covers the 2025 season, and why one bad sample doesn't necessarily change the rating on its own.
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